Title: Agile Safe Coach Location: Plano, TX / Initial 3 months REMOTE Duration: 12+ Months Number MUST JOB DESCRIPTION : The Agile Coach mentors and guides the team to adopt and become self-sufficient in Agile best practices, specifically the client standard Agile model. This role provides a combination of guidance on key roles, ceremonies, processes, tools, team building and motivation, and hands-on coaching as the team exercises Agile processes. The Agile Coach will rely heavily and collaborate with leadership to drive process change and the evolution to an Agile mindset. In some cases, the Agile Coach may temporarily facilitate key ceremonies to guide process adoption and demonstrate best-practices. Otherwise, the coach does not own or facilitate any team ceremonies or deliverables. Over time, the team becomes self-serving, and the coach provides on-going adoption recommendation and on-call support. Responsibilities: Collaborate with the product owner and their team to prioritize delivery and clarify requirements in terms of testability, consistency, and completeness Facilitate backlog grooming and estimating when appropriate Work with team to mature agile practices and events to do them well Connect activities, techniques and process to Principles and Values: instill Lean Mindset Provide support in PI Planning and User Story Refinement activities Provide support to RTE as needed in facilitation of PI Participate Sprint Planning and Retrospective Ceremonies Calculate Velocity, Capacity and support Engineering Manager and Teams in providing ongoing reporting Attend Daily Stand Ups Provide support to team members in removing/resolving obstacles and impediments Provide facilitation support to Engineering Manager as needed Conduct/facilitate team retrospectives, coach relentless improvement Connect people for collaboration Help address team impediments